Enforcement Directorate on Saturday arrested Partha Chatterjee, an influential minister in the Mamata Banerjee cabinet, in connection with a recruitment scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chatterjee was taken into custody after about 24 hours of interrogation. He was later booked under relevant sections of the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CRPF was deployed outside Chatterjee’s house, keeping in view a possible law and order situation. According to preliminary reports, Chatterjee\u2019s close associate Arpita Mukherjee was also taken into custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chatterjee is currently the state commerce and industries minister in West Bengal. The ED officials started quizzing him on Friday and searched the premises of his house in South Kolkata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Friday, ED had seized Rs 20 crore in cash stashed in two bags and 20 cell phones after a raid at the flat of Arpita Mukherjee, whom the agency called \u201ca close associate\u201d of Partha Chatterjee, former Bengal education minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of Calcutta High had ordered a CBI inquiry into the alleged irregularities in the appointment of Group D staff in state-run schools operating under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The order came on a petition filed by some aspirants who alleged gross irregularities in the recruitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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